Support Staff

Sera Schools support staff provides the highest quality customer service to all of our customers on a daily basis. Our Scheduling Coordinators are on hand to answer all of your questions regarding registration and will work to make sure that class placement is the best possible fit so you get the most from your experience. 

Learn more about our faculty by reading their bios. Here is a full list of Vail Valley Area faculty:

YVONNE SCHWARTZ -

Vail Valley - Sera Schools Area Director/Scheduling Coordinator

Yvonne Schwartz MT-BC, graduated from Appalachian State University in Boone, NC with her B.A in Music Therapy. She attended Appalachian State on a music scholarship for the oboe and English Horn. Yvonne played the oboe and English Horn for the Appalachian State Symphony Orchestra, Wind Ensemble, and Baroque Music Ensemble. She also was the Vice President of the ASU student Music Therapy Association. 

Since graduating Yvonne has practiced music therapy in South Carolina, Arizona, and now Colorado. 

While in Arizona, Yvonne was a music therapy supervisor & organized the first ever recitals for children with special needs. Yvonne is the owner & founder of Rocky Mountain Music Therapy located in the Vail Valley which serves adults and children with special needs, as well as various other populations.

Yvonne enjoys working with people and using music to help others. When Yvonne is not practicing music therapy or teaching music, she enjoys teaching and practicing yoga, hiking, and spending time outdoors. Sera Schools is proud to have Yvonne's musical therapy expertise as well as her knowledge in guitar instruction.

RHONDA FORD -

Vail Valley - Sera Schools Scheduling Coordinator

Rhonda is a graduate of Colorado State University earning a B.A. in Occupational Therapy. Having spent a few years practicing in the medical profession, Rhonda began to spread her experiences by working in a variety of careers.

During this time, Rhonda has held positions in both the business and public sector including, but not limited to, organizing local food donations with the U.S. Postal Food Drive, and spending 19 years volunteering her time as the crew chief at the local Catholic Charities Soup Kitchen. Countless individuals were fed by the Catholic Charities during that time helping out individuals in need.

Rhonda has been an oral surgery assistant, has worked in the prison dentistry system, and has been a front office scheduling coordinator in a busy dental office. All of this was done, of course, while raising and educating her three children. Two of Rhonda’s children have become full-time professional musicians, both having traveled the world enjoying the opportunities open to them through music. Rhonda is well-versed in music, having participated in decades of music education with her children.

Rhonda, her husband Dr. Patrick and their Husky, Annie, reside in Grand Junction, Colorado.